They tested 600 subjects when surrounded by red, blue or neutral colors in both real and virtual environments.

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Repaint the fire-engine-red kitchen in a neutral color.

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Despite being red, it sits very easily in the room because there are enough elements that gel with the neutral walls: a wooden coffee table, cane shades, brass and silver lighting.

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The blue square represents Windows (neutral, cool, in the background of everything like the sky in the XP homescreen.) The red square represents Office (active, constructive, hot like overheated brain activity.).

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